Business skills

Browse reusable Agent Skills, each with a clear purpose and practical guidance.

grad-strat-rbv

Apply the Resource-Based View (Barney, 1991) and VRIO framework to evaluate whether a firm's resources and capabilities confer sustained competitive advantage. Use this skill when the user needs to assess internal resources for strategic value, determine if a competitive edge is sustainable, audit resource portfolios for VRIO criteria, or when they ask 'what makes our advantage sustainable', 'which resources matter most', or 'can competitors replicate this'.

218 repo starsObserved in 2 repos
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grad-strat-stakeholder

Apply Stakeholder Theory (Freeman, 1984) and the Mitchell et al. (1997) salience model to identify, classify, and prioritize stakeholders based on power, legitimacy, and urgency. Use this skill when the user needs to map stakeholders for a project or strategy, determine which stakeholders demand immediate attention, balance competing stakeholder interests, or when they ask 'who are our key stakeholders', 'how do we prioritize conflicting demands', or 'which stakeholders can block this initiative'.

218 repo starsObserved in 2 repos
Business
GitHub

grad-strat-tce

Apply Transaction Cost Economics (Williamson, 1975, 1985) to analyze governance structure choices — market, hybrid, or hierarchy — based on transaction characteristics. Use this skill when the user needs to decide make-or-buy, evaluate outsourcing vs vertical integration, design governance mechanisms for inter-firm relationships, or when they ask 'should we build this in-house or outsource', 'why do firms vertically integrate', or 'how should we structure this partnership'.

218 repo starsObserved in 2 repos
Business
GitHub

grad-strat-upper-echelons

Apply Upper Echelons Theory (Hambrick and Mason, 1984) to analyze how top management team characteristics — demographics, experiences, values — shape strategic choices and organizational outcomes. Use this skill when the user needs to evaluate TMT composition effects on strategy, predict strategic direction from leadership profiles, assess whether managerial discretion enables or constrains executive influence, or when they ask 'does leadership background matter for strategy', 'how does TMT composition affect decisions', or 'why did this management team make that choice'.

218 repo starsObserved in 2 repos
Business
GitHub

grad-sustainability

Apply sustainability frameworks (triple bottom line, SDGs, ESG, circular economy) to evaluate whether strategies balance economic, social, and environmental dimensions. Use this skill when the user needs to assess ESG performance, design circular economy strategies, align business models with SDGs, or when they ask 'is this strategy truly sustainable', 'how do we measure ESG impact', 'what does a circular business model look like', or 'how do we avoid greenwashing'.

218 repo starsObserved in 2 repos
Business
GitHub

grad-tam-utaut

Apply the Technology Acceptance Model (Davis, 1989) and Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (Venkatesh et al., 2003) to predict technology adoption. Use this skill when the user needs to evaluate user acceptance of a new system, diagnose adoption barriers, design interventions to improve technology uptake, or when they ask 'why aren't users adopting this', 'what drives technology acceptance', or 'how do we increase adoption rates'.

218 repo starsObserved in 2 repos
Business
GitHub

grad-uppsala

Apply the Uppsala Internationalization Model to analyze gradual foreign market entry based on psychic distance and experiential learning. Use this skill when the user needs to plan a staged internationalization sequence, understand why firms enter culturally similar markets first, or evaluate whether a firm's international expansion follows the establishment chain from export to subsidiary.

218 repo starsObserved in 2 repos
Business
GitHub

hum-historical-analogy

Use historical analogies to inform strategic decisions by identifying structural similarities and differences between past and present situations. Use this skill when the user draws on historical precedent to justify a strategy, needs to evaluate whether a historical comparison is valid, or wants to learn from past events — even if they say 'this is like the dotcom bubble', 'history repeats itself', or 'what can we learn from how X handled this'.

218 repo starsObserved in 2 repos
Business
GitHub

hum-narrative

Apply narrative structure and storytelling techniques for brand, business, and communication contexts. Use this skill when the user needs to craft a compelling story, build a brand narrative, structure a presentation around a story arc, or use storytelling to communicate data or strategy — even if they say 'tell a better story', 'make this presentation more engaging', or 'how do we build our brand story'.

218 repo starsObserved in 2 repos
Business
GitHub

hum-rhetoric

Apply classical rhetoric — Ethos, Pathos, Logos — to analyze persuasive communication and craft effective arguments. Use this skill when the user needs to make a speech more persuasive, analyze why a piece of communication is effective, write a compelling proposal, or evaluate rhetorical strategies — even if they say 'make this more convincing', 'why is this speech so powerful', or 'how do I persuade the board'.

218 repo starsObserved in 2 repos
Business
GitHub